Well I can certainly see that; once when we were taking the ferry & the two young men ran up to us at the same time trying to sell us tickets I said, "I'm buying from whichever of you ISN'T going to make me ride in the Bomba Charger".
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But last I knew the water taxi services from the USVI were limited to dumping passengers at west end, which ended our use of them. Don't know if this has been rectified, however.